News Release Number: STScI-2010-30

New Hubble Observations of Supernova 1987A Trace Shock Wave

September 2, 2010: An international team of astronomers using the Hubble Space
Telescope reports a significant brightening of the emissions
from Supernova 1987A. The results, which appear in this week's
Science magazine, are consistent with theoretical predictions
about how supernovae interact with their immediate galactic
environment.